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Block coding

Picture-block stories in Scratch for Children 2 and arrow-block puzzles in Ddolbeng Rolls, for children who can’t read yet. Guides for home and class.

  1. Ddolbeng Rolls: a block-coding puzzle adventure with no words to readIn Ddolbeng Rolls, children place arrow blocks and press play to roll Ddolbeng across floating islands after a runaway festival poster. No words on the blocks, and mistakes end in a laugh. · 3 min read
  2. No need to start from a blank stage: examples and storybooks in Scratch for Children 2Scratch for Children 2 has a shelf of finished examples and storybooks. Children open one, press it, change a block, and the app quietly keeps the original safe. · 4 min read
  3. Sharing project files in class with Scratch for Children 2Scratch for Children 2 has no accounts, so each project lives on one device. To hand out an example or collect children's work, you use a file. Here is how it works, step by step. · 3 min read
  4. Scratch for Children 2: give a character a face and a moveA story needs feelings. In Scratch for Children 2, a child picks a friend's face and move from pictures, then makes it talk. Here's how the looks blocks work. · 3 min read
  5. Your first 30 minutes with Scratch for Children 2Six small steps from an empty stage to a character that moves on the green flag. A screen-by-screen first half hour with Scratch for Children 2, plus tips. · 4 min read
  6. Scratch for Children 2: block coding before kids can readBlock coding for ages 5–7, before kids can read. A tour of Scratch for Children 2: what's inside, how saving and sharing work, and where grown-ups start. · 5 min read